{"id":1799,"date":"2022-07-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2022\/07\/14\/explore-teams-updates-to-enhance-teaching-strategies\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:00:00","slug":"explore-teams-updates-to-enhance-teaching-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2022\/07\/explore-teams-updates-to-enhance-teaching-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Teams updates to enhance teaching strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every day, we work to adapt our tools so that each student has the support and resources needed to thrive in the classroom and beyond it, too. One big part of this is Microsoft Teams<\/a>, the education platform where we\u2019re always innovating to support students and teachers alike.<\/p>\n With our latest updates to Microsoft Teams, we continue to broaden access to tools that help teachers better identify and support students\u2019 needs<\/a>. Below, we\u2019ve highlighted some of the updates we\u2019re most excited about:<\/p>\n Students need support now more than ever, and identifying those who need more attention is critical for educators. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve made it easier to do with our updates to the learning progress data educators can get through the Education Insights<\/a> app in Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n The new Assignments and Grades report in Education Insights in Teams is more comprehensive now. It provides additional data about students\u2019 progress, including their grade trends, categories, and group assignment information. And teachers can use the class overview to zero in on data specific to a student or assignment, or to compare a student to the entire class.<\/p>\n The app can also provide information about which assignments students may be stuck on, enabling teachers to consider class workload and offer support to those who might be struggling. And with new Teams color coding, teachers can better manage their time since the app allows them to easily see who has already viewed their posted learning content, who has turned in assignments, and who needs to revise work.<\/p>\n Teachers can also gain more insight into what is or isn\u2019t working best in their curriculum. They can now easily filter by category to identify which types of assignments students are most successful at or engage with most, and then use these insights to determine if their curriculum needs adjusting.<\/p>\n All this data can help educators identify where they\u2019ve been most impactful and how they can innovate to drive class progress.<\/p>\n Try out these new features today by navigating to Teams and selecting the Insights tab. Then, go directly to the Assignments report to access all this important information about your students\u2019 learning progress. And stay tuned for more features on the way. Rubrics will soon be rolling out in Assignments so that you can connect them to Insights. There will also be visual breakdowns of grading to help teachers identify topics to re-teach or reasons for celebration. And for educators who frequently attach resources for students to engage with, there will soon be a \u201cresources accessed\u201d tab to visibly show which resources students are currently using.<\/p>\n Immersive Reader<\/a>, the digital learning tool from Microsoft that helps students improve their reading, is now even more inclusive and accessible. Microsoft is making the tool freely available to all PowerSchool Unified Classroom\u00ae Schoology Learning customers.<\/p>\n Schoology Learning streamlines all the digital tools and content that teachers and students love, for a simpler and more connected learning experience. Since we launched Immersive Reader as a Cognitive Service<\/a> to all partners in 2020, a top request from educators and schools has been to integrate with Schoology Learning. With the addition of Schoology Learning, content within Assignment and Pages will be even more accessible for learners of all abilities.<\/p>\n Visit the Educator’s guide to Insights in Microsoft Teams<\/a>, and review the learning module Leverage data for action with Microsoft Education Insights<\/a>. Get the full picture of how Immersive Reader<\/a> works, watch the interactive guide, and get started on the various learning paths. Or if you\u2019re simply looking for more ways to support students using Microsoft Teams, check out some of the other updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every day, we work to adapt our tools so that each student has the support and resources needed to thrive in the classroom and beyond it, too. One big part of this is Microsoft Teams, the education platform where we\u2019re always innovating to support students and teachers alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":[],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_alt_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"audience":[150],"content-type":[155],"product":[159],"topic":[168],"coauthors":[231],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","audience-educators","content-type-news","product-microsoft-teams","topic-immersive-reader"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Assignments and Grades report in Education Insights<\/h2>\n
Immersive Reader for PowerSchool Unified Classroom Schoology Learning<\/h2>\n
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